Behaving Badly (TV serial)

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Behaving Badly
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Based onBehaving Badly
by Catherine Heath
Teleplay by
Directed byDavid Tucker
Starring Judi Dench
Theme music composer Stephen Oliver
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
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Running time200 minutes
Production companyHumphrey Barclay Productions
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release20 February (1989-02-20) 
13 March 1989 (1989-03-13)

Behaving Badly is a 1989 British television serial directed by David Tucker. The teleplay by Catherine Heath and Moira Williams is based on Heath's novel of the same name. It was initially broadcast by Channel 4.

Contents

The plot focuses on Bridget Mayor, a middle-aged housewife and part-time teacher who is forced to re-evaluate her life when her husband of twenty years abandons her for a younger woman.

Episode summaries

Cast

Awards and nominations

Judi Dench was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress.

Home media

Behaving Badly was released on DVD in 2005, and again in October 2018.